It was 27 degrees here today, but felt more like 33 with the humidity. The garden is growing well after a weekend of weeding. Still have flats of lupines, foxglove, and hollyhocks to install in some newly weeded areas. Our poor dog, with his thick double coat, is just about passing out with the heat. [...]
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Hot, hot, hot!
Posted in Gardens, tagged English gardening, gardening, hairy woodpecker, humidity, Prairie Fire crabapple on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Warm weather!
Posted in Gardens, tagged American bittersweet vine, Canada, gardening, spring, winterkill on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Finally, it has warmed up enough here in Canada that I can get the rest of my annuals in. We were outside last night taking stock of the garden. We have lost perhaps two rosebushes (including an EXPLORER rose which we should not have been able to kill) and some bittersweet vines. Oddly enough, the [...]
